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poultry
has definitions from the fields of zoology,game bird,chemistry,food
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[ noun ] (zoology,game bird) a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
Synonyms Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Inside , carefully packed in straw , were six eggs , but the eye of a poultry psychologist was required to detect what scientifically valuable specimentalia lay inside ; to Alex they were merely six not unusual hens ' eggs . The doctor sat_down rather wearily , caressing the hen and remarking that the city was not the place for a poultry loving man , but no_sooner was the remark out than a knock at this door obliged him to cover the hen with his greatcoat once_more . |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
Related terms bird chicken goose guinea_hen Rock_Cornish_hen duck squab turkey domestic_fowl |
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